Former ambassador Alfredo Toro Hardy on the credibility of US democracy, foreign policy decision-making in China, and the future of world politics
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‘This new Cold War could signal the transition from the pre-eminence of the US to its decline.’
In this episode of the London Politica Podcast, Manas Chawla interviews former ambassador Alfredo Toro Hardy about the changing international roles of China and the US in the context of China’s increasingly assertive behaviour and a weakened US alliance system. Alfredo also discusses the factors that define the making of foreign policy in both countries as well as the future of China-US relations in a more fragile international system.
Alfredo is a former diplomat, scholar, and author from Venezuela. In the past, he has served as the Venezuelan Ambassador to the US, the UK, Spain, Brazil, Singapore, Chile, and Ireland. He has also worked as the director of the Diplomatic Academy of the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as other Venezuelan academic institutions in the field of international relations. He is the author of twenty-one books and the co-author of fifteen more. His latest book Two Cold Wars: From Hegemony to Decline? was published earlier this year.
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